POLITICO Massachusetts Playbook FBI’s ‘looking into’ HEFNER quid pro quo — HEALEY suing FCC over net neutrality — Stretching CHIP cash
FBI’s ‘looking into’ HEFNER quid pro quo — HEALEY suing FCC over net neutrality — Stretching CHIP cash 12/15/2017 06:58 AM EST By Lauren Dezenski ( ldezenski@politico.com ; @LaurenDezenski) with Rebecca Morin ( rmorin@politico.com ; @RebeccaMorin_) TGIF, MASSACHUSETTS. FBI’S NOW INVOLVED IN HEFNER SITUATION — The saga of former state Senate President Stan Rosenberg and his partner Bryon Hefner delivered another twist yesterday: The FBI is now involved. The FBI is now looking into “whether Hefner offered a quid pro quo to his alleged victims, using his relationship with Rosenberg — then the Senate president — to influence the chamber’s business in return for sexual favors,” the Boston Globe’s Yvonne Abraham reports . She adds that just because the FBI is “looking into” such allegations does not mean an investigation is underway. It’s also not clear whether the inquiry’s main target is Hefner or Rosenberg. The FBI’s inv...